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Marsha (McQuate) Bonn
(history) represented Lycoming
College during the Presidential
Inauguration of Dr. George F.
Harpster.
Cassandra (Funk) Ramsey
(psychology) transitioned to
the software industry from
10 years of higher education
operations, as a curriculum
and content developer for
CampusNexus® CRM at Campus
Management Corporation in
September 2014. In her role,
she writes and delivers CRM
trainings via live webinars,
self-paced courses, conference
presentations and virtual
instructor-led trainings for the
higher education industry.
Chan Ung
(economics, finance)
is currently attending Widener
University’s graduate family
nurse practitioner’s program.
2005
Staci Bender
(creative
writing) graduated from
Drexel University with a
Master of Science in technical
communication.
Brad Webb
(history) accepted
a position as an assistant dean
in the School of Industrial,
Computing and Engineering
Technologies at Pennsylvania
College of Technology.
Kevin Socha
(actuarial math)
has completed the Leadership
Chester County Program, which
educates people interested in
serving nonprofit organizations,
introduces them to human
service needs and shows
them how business acumen
can assist nonprofit agencies.
Socha was sponsored by his
company, Voya Financial, where
he leads volunteerism and
employee giving programs at
the West Chester office. In 2015,
employees completed more
than 5,000 hours of service and
raised $375,000 dollars.
Literary Agency and is a
graduate of Rosemont College’s
Master of Fine Arts program.
Her short stories have also
been published in numerous
literary journals. She lives with
her husband and daughter in
Downingtown, Pa.
2007
Jackie (Purcell) Pollard,
Ed.D.,
(psychology) completed
her doctorate of education in
school psychology at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania in
August 2015. She has been
practicing as a full-time school
psychologist with Red Clay
Consolidated School District
in Wilmington, Del., since the
completion of her master’s
degree and school psychologist
certification in 2010. She is the
psychologist on the District
Autism Team.
2008
Jessica Noel
(art, education
certification) received the
Pennsylvania Art Education
Association (PAEA) 2016
Outstanding Elementary Art
Educator Award.
Hannah
White-Gibson,
Esq.,
(political
science), an
associate
attorney with
Saidis, Sullivan
& Rogers, was
recently elected
to the Carlisle
YWCA Board of Directors.
White-Gibson will continue her
service as a member of the Board
Governance Committee while
promoting the mission of the
Carlisle YWCA.
Joelle (Jameson) Carson
(creative writing) moved to
Texas in 2014 to work at the
University of Houston as a writer
for University Advancement.
Publications in 2015 include
poems in
Salamander, Measure,
Graze
magazine and various
online publications, and art
criticism in the
Houston Press
and
Aeqai
. She received a Master of
Fine Arts in poetry from Emerson
College in 2012.
Alexis Bortle
(corporate
communications) accepted a
position working within the
Tompkins County Solid Waste
Division as a communications
specialist. She is responsible for
the marketing and promotion
of all programs provided to the
residents and business partners
From left: Diane Wilkin, PAEA president, Jessica Noel ’08 , John Bickhart,
Danville Primary School principal, and Marcy Bogdanich, PAEA awards chair.
Shippensburg University
President Dr. George F. Harpster
with Marsha Bonn ’04
In November 2015, Ashley
Concini ’06, Laura Lockard ’05,
and Erin Karschner ’05 traveled
to South Africa to visit Laura
Smith ’06, who currently lives
and works in Pretoria. They went
on a three-day safari outside
Kruger National Park and enjoyed
the sites of Cape Town, including
the penguins at Boulders Beach.
2006
William Joseph Anthony
(criminal justice) graduated
with honors from Kutztown
University, earning a master’s in
social work. He was a member
of Phi Alpha National Social
Work honor society, and was
the commencement speaker
for the School of Liberal Arts,
Visual Arts and Sciences. He is
a case manager at St. Luke’s
University Hospital in Fountain
Hill, Pa.
Ryan Bolig
(accounting) is now
an active chartered financial
analyst after having passed the
level 3 CFA exam in June 2015.
David McElwee
(history and
political science) graduated
from Wesley Theological
Seminary in Washington
D.C., with a Master of Divinity
degree in May 2015. He is
serving with the McElhattan
United Methodist Church in
McElhattan, Pa.
Jennifer Fenn
(creative
writing) sold her young adult
novel, “Flight,” about an
airplane thief on the run after
fleeing a juvenile home and
stealing not one, but three
airplanes, to Roaring Brook
Press, a Macmillan imprint, in
a two-book deal. The novel is
slated for a Spring 2017 release.
Jennifer is represented by
Amy Tipton at the Signature
Brad Myre
(political science)
was sworn-in for a four-
year term as the Mayor of
Frenchtown Borough, N.J., on
Jan. 1.
Brad Myhre ’07
Hannah
White-
Gibson ’08
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